My online (zoom) presentation today at 3 p.m.

[Joel Pomerantz]

I just got back from my first road trip in quite some time. A couple weeks in the green high deserts. Yes, green. What a wet winter!

Sorry for the short notice. Tune in today at 3 p.m. if you wish. I’ll be presenting and leading this online discussion.

Joel

Thursday, July 13, at 3:00 pm

Ashby Village Science & Ideas Group monthly presentation

Ashby Village is a community of the “aging in place” movement, located in the East Bay.

The event is free and you can attend from anywhere. Just be sure to adjust for time zone.

Joel Pomerantz on
Atmospheric Rivers & California Climate History

Information about Ashby Village: ashbyvillage.org

About the Ashby Village Science & Ideas Group

Joe Evinger <jdev...@comcast.net>

TODAY’S ZOOM:

 

Use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84801461083?pwd=elp5eDJ3V0F4bUhUVzFwS2MzWm1oZz09

Meeting ID: 848 0146 1083
Passcode: science
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Meeting ID: 848 0146 1083 

Open to: All

        

Presenter: San Francisco water history researcher Joel Pomerantz will help you understand atmospheric rivers and how they’ve affected California and the west coast. You probably recognize the term “atmospheric river” from the news. Now you’ll meet them more intimately and learn their roles in regional history.

 

Description of talk: For generations, some storms were called “pineapple express storms” because they brought warm wet air from the tropics. As the climate changes and weather gets more extreme, lots of new jargon has popped up. Pineapple express has been supplanted by this new meteorological term, “Atmospheric rivers”, which don’t just occur here. They are part of a global phenomenon—and nothing new. What’s new is an understanding of how these channels of airborne water behave and affect the land. This past winter, many of us developed the habit of counting how many atmospheric rivers came through. There are other factors that may be even more important to the safety of people and our normal lives. I’ll give you stories of the most extreme atmospheric rivers on the record books and those not on the record books, but recorded in other ways.

 

Short biography: Joel Pomerantz leads exploration walks in San Francisco and makes maps based on his natural history research. He works with museums, schools, city staff and and the general public to create awareness and respect for the natural systems that still govern our lives. As the only researcher making a comprehensive analysis of San Francisco fresh water, he has published multiple editions of maps, articles, and other resources. He created the Seep City Map of San Francisco Water History, a complex map-based artwork which he recently began printing on shower curtains, a complex artwork as much as it is a quality shower curtain available at seepcity.org for any large donation to support his research. (donations have ranged from $100 to $1400 for curtains.

(See also thinkwalks.org.)